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BLACK FRIDAY

SAA cut off to protect other SOEs

After years of pumping billions into the airline, government picked business rescue to prevent a wider fallout at Eskom and other state entities

  • Sabelo Skiti
  • Thando Maeko
9 min read
Aside from mounting a financial rescue operation at Eskom, the government will give another R1 billion to SAA before the end of the current financial year towards paying off the airline’s historical debt. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
MANGO AIRLINES

SAA to shed 944 jobs but pilots get pay rise totalling R100m

Three unions in the middle of negotiating wage increases say the airline had not told them of its decision to retrench staff

  • Sabelo Skiti
5 min read